The long awaited installment to the ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive'' series ([[DevelopmentHell seven whole years!]]).

Nearly all the fighters of the previous game (except Leon) were back, as well as two newcomers named [[IdentityAmnesia Rig]] and [[AscendedFangirl Mila]]. The game had a deep graphic upgrade from [=DOA4=] (not surprisingly, since it had been 7 years since then) and an aesthetic redesign that showed more realistic characters, with smaller and less anime-like eyes, the same to what was shown in [[NinjaGaiden Ninja Gaiden 3]]. Special mention to the girls, who have more realistically proportionate bodies, although the JigglePhysics were still in full display. In collaboration with {{Sega}}, ''Dead or Alive 5'' also features {{Guest Fighter}}s from the ''VirtuaFighter'' series. Akira Yuki, Sarah Bryant, and Pai Chan are the chosen ''Virtua Fighter'' representatives to ''Dead or Alive 5''. The games were released for PlayStation3 and XBox360, plus a port to PlayStationVita half a year later.

In May 2013, Team Ninja announced an UpdatedRerelease of [=DOA5=] for [=PS3=] and 360: ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate''. The game includes new stages and characters and rebalancing. The game was released on Fall of 2013.

In August 2014, Team Ninja announced the game would be ported to {{Playstation 4}} and XboxOne as ''Dead or Alive 5: Last Round.'' ''Last Round'' would include the three new fighters introduced in the arcade port (which had been DownloadableContent in console versions of [=DOA5U=]), as well as two additional characters, two new stages, new costumes and customization options included in the package. ''Last Round'' will also get a release for 360 and PS3 as a downloadable add-on for current ''Ultimate'' owners. A trailer released on December 4, 2014 also revealed ''Last Round'' would get a PC release via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. The console versions of ''Last Round'' released on February 17, 2015, with the PC version released on March 30.

Characters added in ''Dead or Alive 5: Last Round'':

* From ''Dead or Alive'': ''[[EvilUncle Raidou]]''* New characters in ''Dead or Alive 5: Last Round'': ''[[{{Joshikousei}} Honoka]]''

----!!''Dead or Alive 5'' provides the following tropes:

* ActionGirl: Every female character.* ArcadeGame: ''[[UpdatedRerelease DOA5: Ultimate]]'' will be the first Dead Or Alive game to have an arcade release since [=DOA2=].[[http://shoryuken.com/2013/07/06/dead-or-alive-series-returning-to-arcades-with-dead-or-alive-5-ultimate-arcade-in-winter-2013/]]* BackToBackBadasses: Nearly every special tag entrance and victory pose.* BaitAndSwitch:** The entire storyline involving [[spoiler:the false Kasumi. It seems like every character knows Kasumi is a clone except the clone herself and ''you'', the player.]]** You think Leifang is going to fight Jann Lee on the subway train -- they get into their fighting stances, the health bars appear, the announcer says "Get ready, FIGHT!" [[spoiler:-- and then the train crashes. The subway train is not a playable stage in any mode of the game, which is probably for the best since it would be a very confined space to fight in.]]* BigBad: Victor Donovan.** NonActionBigBad[=/=]TheUnfought* BloodlessCarnage: This isn't a ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' game -- there's no visible blood when [[spoiler:Hayate and Ayane kill the False Kasumi. She DisappearsIntoLight afterwards.]]* CanonImmigrant: Momiji, who comes from ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'' and later ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'', and Rachel from the first game of the modern VideoGame/NinjaGaiden trilogy.* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leon disappeared without a trace in the original game. He eventually [[TheBusCameBack returned]] in ''Ultimate''.** He returned as a bonus character, which makes sense since his role in the story ended with ''3'' (he was also a bonus character in ''4'').* ClothingDamage: Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions of ''Last Round'' has this in regards to the ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deception}}'' costumes.* CoDragons: Christie and [[spoiler:Rig]] to Victor Donovan.* ConfusionFu: Brad Wong, the practicer of DrunkenBoxing.* DesperationAttack: The Power Blow, a move that, if it connects, unleashes a cinematic combo and ends with the player aiming where they want to launch their opponent, like into a stage hazard. However, Power Blows can only be used when your fighter has less than half of their health remaining.* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The "lose" animations of some of the girls involve them lying on the ground writhing while panting heavily. Most notable is that of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvJbDXEzUAo Momiji]].* DownloadableContent: There are a ''massive'' number of costumes available for purchase, and some free stages as well. ''Ultimate'' also has extra characters available for purchase.* EarnYourFun: ''[=DOA5=]'' challenges the hardcore among the hardcore players if they want to unlock 3 extremely skimpy swimsuits for Tina, Christie and Lisa; the game features a ''whopping total of 8 levels'' of difficulty: '''Rookie, Easy, Normal, Hard, Champ, True Fighter, Master and Legend''', with the last three being unlocked after the preceding difficulty is beaten; rest assured that your average player canít go through Hard without losing continues, if you want those Rare Swimsuits you must mow through Legend Ė 4 difficulties beyond Hard Ė ''without losing a single continue'' on Arcade for Tinaís, Time Attack for Christieís and on Survival for Lisaís. Simply put itís a nightmare to get these pieces of clothing for the girls, the computer on Legend is on an whole new level of [[TheAllSeeingAI reading and countering]] any attack the player tries to connect, just beating this mode is a nerve-cracking task, but beating it without losing continues is absurd, and thatís not enough, even though the task on Arcade and Time Attack is already beyond insane to complete, at the end of the day is just 8 Stages each, on Survival though, itís 100 Stages, ''a-freaking-hundred quasi-unbeatable opponents to defeat with one small recovering life bar'', so yeah, even some of the most hardcore players stop at Tina and Christieís swimsuits. Luckily it can be avoided - all you have to do is fight 200 online matches.** Downplayed in Ultimate and Last Round; there they can be unlocked just by clearing Arcade/Time Attack/Survival on any difficulty. The difficulty levels have been toned down as well* {{Fanservice}}: It could hardly be called a true ''DOA'' game without it.* FiveBadBand: ''[=DOA5=]'''s story has what could be considered this:** TheBigBad: Victor Donovan.** CoDragons: Christie and [[spoiler:Rig]].** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler:Lisa Hamilton]].** TheBrute: Alpha-152, [[spoiler:Phase-4]].** TheDarkChick: [[spoiler:Miyako]].* FreeFloorFighting* GuestFighter: Akira Yuki, Pai Chan, and Sarah Bryant from the ''Virtua Fighter'' series.** Jacky Bryant joins them in ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate''* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The Story mode begins with Bayman being attacked by Phase 4 in a Middle Eastern warzone, and Kasumi, Ayane, Hayate and Ryu going on the hunt for Alpha-152. The plot then follows the rest of the characters entering the Dead or Alive 5 Tournament, before returning to the ninjas vs. clones storyline at the end.* IdentityAmnesia: Rig. [[spoiler:Subverted. He knows who he is, but he's [[FakingAmnesia faking it]] to move on with his father's plans]]* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: All the fighters seem to run into each other in completely obscure corners of the world (whether it be New York, the South American jungle, or Antarctica) and they recognize each other as well with no introductions needed.* LargeHam: Bass and Zack.* MeaningfulName: Victor Donovan's secret organization is named MIST. [[spoiler: Mist is also the english translation of Kasumi's name, hinting at the fact that they're still creating clones of her as human weapons]].* MegaCorp: DOATEC.* NippleAndDimed: Played straight with the girls, for obvious reasons. Certain glitches that made some of the girls' clothing disappear underwater show that they have BarbieDollAnatomy as well.* OldSaveBonus: If you have save data from a previous version, you can transfer it to the new version and retain titles, unlocked costumes, and more.* OnlySixFaces: Averted. Each female character's face is quite distinguished this time around.** Although ''Last Round'' newcomer Honoka ''is'' using Marie Rose's face model. However this may have a deeper meaning than simply just cashing in on existing assets.* OverlordJr: [[spoiler:Rig]]* PantyFighter: True to its roots. There are plenty of PantyShots to be found.* PerpetuallyShinyBodies: Averted. The fighters sweat and get dirty, though this can be toggled off in the options menu.* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: In the lyrics of "Showdown" -- "And if a tournament's on [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Friday]], call me [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]."* RevenueEnhancingDevices: You can fight people who have purchased costumes you haven't, but in order to see those costumes, free costume catalogs have to be downloaded. You need the catalogs to see them even after purchase.* RuleOfCool: The entire game runs on this.* RuleOfSexy: Likewise.* SexySoakedShirt: Can be seen on characters who get wet, although subject to NippleAndDimed.* ShirtlessScene: Most of the male characters have costumes that are shirtless. Eliot and Gen Fu are the only exceptions.* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The ending of ''[=DOA5=]'' reveals that Rig is Victor Donovan's son and together they had plotted the events of the story.]]* {{Stripperiffic}}: Tina, Christie and La Mariposa in general, especially their special swimsuits and most of the female DLC outfits.* ThoseTwoGuys: Eliot and Brad Wong share most of their scenes together in ''5'''s story.** Same can be said about Lei Fang and Hitomi.* WeDontSuckAnymore: Tecmo's promotion for ''5'' had a general campaign for fighting gamers to actually take it seriously, explaining the tagline "I'm a Fighter".* WorldOfBuxom: Less so. There is still boatloads of {{Fanservice}}, but there appears to be a slightly larger, more realistic variety of breast sizes.